4.9 | Not Deer, Shapeshifters and Hoofed Horror!

It’s late at night. You’re driving a lonely stretch of forested road. Up ahead you catch a glimpse of something in your headlights. As you start to slow down you’re thinking to yourself, “It must be a deer.” But there’s something wrong. There’s something about it that’s not quite right. It’s not quite a deer. As you begin to process what you’re seeing, your stomach sinks. As the thing rises up to meet its eyes to yours, its disfigured joints begin to crack and pop into place, and with a predator's stare and sinister grin, it is eager to meet you. This is no deer. On this episode of Belief Hole, we dissect alleged true accounts of the Appalachian Not Deer and compare them to strange reports from the early 20th century. Join us, as we explore the hoofed horror of animal mimics, shapeshifters, and sinister imposters. TIMESTAMPS 3:59 | Not Deer / Deor introduction 5:53 | Description of the Not Deer 6:47 | No Creepypasta Allowed 8:20 | Imposter Entities/ Animal Mimics 11:00 | Description continues 11:27 | Zac’s Creepy Deer Encounter 16:40 | Origin: Madison’s ‘Not Deer’ 23:32 | Skeptic - The CWD argument 27:17 | Glitching Not Deer Attack | STORY 31:17 | Like a Human on All Fours | STORY 33:00 | Hiding Within the Herd | STORY 35:42 | Don’t Stop the Car | STORY 38:35 | Strange Nature: Man-Eating Plants and Gypsy Ghost Stories 44:14 | EXPANSION PREVIEW | Vampire Vine Clip 46:27 | Get Nightstalker Beard Products! 48:13 | Bizarre historical encounters from Albert Rosales 48:48 | Uncanny Valley - Signs of the Imposter 49:40 | 1939 Strange Deer Creature | STORY 50:42 | Mrs. Laub's ‘Pads for Feet’ 1951 | STORY 52:15 | Deer Caught Eating Human Being! 53:55 | Animal Pretenders, Possessed Animals - Beyond Creepy 56:50 | You Weren’t Supposed to See That | STORY 58:33 | Unsettling Deer-Like Thing in the Road from Root and Rock 1:00:49 | The Pig Boy | STORY 1:03:09 | The Still Donkey | STORY 1:04:35 | Conflating the Not Deer with Wendigo/Skinwalker and a thought on Cultural Research 1:09:00 | Thank Yous 1:15:40 | Outtakes 🤣🤝🙌 🔥Get Expansion Episode! 4.9 EXP | Strange Nature: Man-Eating Plants, Gypsy Ghost Stories, and Sentient Forests 📚Get Show Notes! https://bit.ly/Not-Deer-Lbsyn 🔥Get Nightstalker Beard Products! Don't forget to use the code beliefhole to access the products and to get 15% off! https://beliefhole.com/nightstalker-promo/ Check Out Ghost Town Podcast! Ghost Town Podcast explores and discusses all places abandoned, haunted, mysterious, paranormal, and true crime related: Click Here to Get Ghost Town! Other Referenced Podcasts and Channels: 🔥Freaky Deaky Podcast https://solo.to/thefreakydeaky 🔥That Would Be Rad Podcast https://linktr.ee/ThatWouldBeRad 🔥 Beyond Creepy https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondCreepy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices